Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of InN: A First-Principles Study

Abstract

The electronic properties and the optical properties of wurtzite InN are studied by the first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory. The calculations are based on the Generalized-Gradient Approximation (GGA) and implemented in Plane Wave Self-Consist Field (PWSCF). The optical properties of InN are investigated by the pseudo-potential method with PBEsol-GGA within the WIEN2K program. Band structure, density of states and dielectric functions are calculated detailedly. The energy transitions are observed and compared existing data at critical points. Moreover the new peak in between the region 12 eV to 14 eV should be due to transitions from the In-5p states to the N-2s states.